Mobile mice have a reputation for being light: easy to carry on the road with a laptop, and light on cost and features, too. At the low end, wired travel mice are available for half the cost of a cheap lunch. They can cost more, of course, if you add wireless functionality, but even staple models like the Logitech Wireless Mouse M310 are available from reputable retailers for around $10 to $15. These cheapies assume a market of single-minded business travelers, those who'd just as soon relax at the hotel after work by reading a good book or watching cable. That's no longer every traveler, however. The teens who grew up playing computer games in the '90s and '00s are the businesspeople of today. And if the new Atheris, a mobile gaming mouse, is anything to judge by, its maker, Razer, concludes that those folks want to set aside that book, turn off that television, and jump into their favorite games instead. It helps to be the one of the few kids on the merchandising block making ...
The Atheris is an attractive mobile mouse with a good optical sensor, but it's priced a tad high, and we have some quibbles with the Synapse software. Wait for a price drop.
Snappy optical sensor; Unlimited game-specific profiles; Light on power consumption; Separate X and Y DPI axes
Pricey; Side buttons too close together; Ambidextrous design, but thumb buttons on only one side; Macro editor needs bulking up; Intrusive registration requirements